Gonçalo Dias

Software Designer

Gonçalo Dias

Software Designer

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Life Design Code Technology

August 2025

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Calligrapher.ai: Realistic computer-generated handwriting

www.calligrapher.ai/

12 Principles of Animation

www.raphaelsalaja.com/library/12-principles-of-animation

Consistency

www.doc.cc/syntax/consistency

July 2025

3

Don’t trust the (design) process

jennywen.ca/notes/dont-trust-the-design-process

MAKING SOFTWARE

www.makingsoftware.com/

Devouring Details

devouringdetails.com/

June 2025

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Is chat a good UI for AI? A Socratic dialogue

www.geoffreylitt.com/2025/06/29/chat-ai-dialogue

Designing in Rive with Vector Feathering

youtu.be/kVcbnEIRxV0

Complementary Space

complementary.space

May 2025

3

Honkish

benji.org/honkish

Building color palettes for the modern web

youtu.be/05vQ8HlU43Q

A conversation with Jony Ive

youtu.be/wLb9g_8r-mE

April 2025

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Good vs Great Animations

emilkowal.ski/ui/good-vs-great-animations

The Art of Making Useless Things Feel Priceless

youtu.be/63oErn-gKfU

The case against conversational interfaces

February 2025

2

Developing Taste

emilkowal.ski/ui/developing-taste

Family Values

benji.org/family-values

January 2025

2

How We Made MuseScore 4 - Music App Design is Challenging!

youtu.be/Qct6LKbneKQ

Progressive Reduction

newsletter.robhaisfield.com/p/progressive-reduction

December 2024

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A case for primitive semantics

read.cv/disco_lu/primitive-semantics

The emergence of the growth designer

adobe.design/stories/leading-design/the-emergence-of-the-growth-designer

Invisible Details of Interaction Design

November 2024

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Methods for random gradients

justinjay.wang/methods-for-random-gradients/

October 2024

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WWDC18: The Qualities of Great Design | Apple

youtu.be/RsbS5JWxFyk

Christopher Alexander - Patterns in Architecture

youtu.be/98LdFA-_zfA

Animating Figma's SVG Exports

courses.nan.fyi/blog/svg/animating-figma-exports

Historical Trails

maggieappleton.com/historical-trails

I don’t like anything

charliedeets.com/writings/like.html

Departure Mono

departuremono.com/

Meet Liquid Glass

developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/219

julian.digital/2025/03/27/the-case-against-conversational-interfaces/

User education

charliedeets.com/writings/usereducation.html

The timeless appeal of classic car design

www.thomasmoes.com/52obsessions/cars

rauno.me/craft/interaction-design

Iridescent crystal with raymarching and signed distance fields

varun.ca/ray-march-sdf

I (still) don’t know what “craft” means

read.cv/disco_lu/craft

Designing Depth

rauno.me/craft/depth

Refraction, dispersion, and other shader light effects

blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/refraction-dispersion-and-other-shader-light-effects/

Color in UI Design: A (Practical) Framework

www.learnui.design/blog/color-in-ui-design-a-practical-framework.html

Multi-layered calendars

julian.digital/2023/07/06/multi-layered-calendars